Surgical hand preparation: state-of-the-art.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Hospital Infection

• Publication date

  2010-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.06.020PMID 19716627
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